University of Chicago GSB

Dominick's Database

This data is provided for academic research purposes only. All users of this data should acknowledge the James M. Kilts Center, GSB, University of Chicago in any working paper or publication that uses any portion of this data.

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This is historical data. The products referred to in the UPC files are not for sale.

From 1989 to 1994, the GSB and Dominick's Finer Foods entered into a partnership for store-level research into shelf management and pricing. Randomized experiments were conducted in more than 25 different categories throughout all stores in this 100-store chain. As a by product of this research cooperation, approximately 9 years of store-level data on the sales of more than 3500 UPCs is available in this database. This data is unique for the breadth of its coverage and for the information available on retail margins.